Rotofugi (Venue Partner)
2780 N Lincoln Ave
773-868-3308
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Frank Kozik, Quantam Wave Error
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Feb 18, 2011 – Mar 20, 2011
Daily (11am–7pm)
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Directions: Brown line to Diversey stop, walk two blocks west
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“San Francisco-based artist Frank Kozik was a major player in the '90s concert-poster renaissance, creating neon-saturated artwork for bands such as the Melvins and Sonic Youth. These days Kozik is also a heavy in the vinyl-toy community, where designs like "Smorkin' Labbit" have an almost totemic stature. His fine exhibition of new work at Rotofugi, Stoner Fort, feels like a joint between both legs, though it wisely employs neither medium specifically. Sleek ink-on-plexiglass prints feature pop-culture iconography (Star Wars, in most cases) and the odd day-glo-bathed flashback. Kozik's toy-era "smoking" designs are present, but here as an oil triptych of Mao portraits. And a couple of sly references to Rat Fink and Warhol seem to nudge critics who might perilously reduce him to simple post-pop lowbrow.”
Stephen Gossett, Flavorpill
